Deadline: Oct. 31, 2016.
The South African HorrorFest Bloody Parchment team opens its 2016 competition. The Bloody Parchment team seeks horror, dark fantasy and science fiction short stories and novellas. Any African writer can apply.
The Bloody Parchment short story competition aims to develop talented voices in the horror, dark fantasy and weird genres. It offers a platform to boost finalists. A winner and two runners-up will be picked, for possible publication in a collection.
There is a fantastic first prize up for grabs for the winner. Also the team offers a comprehensive round of edits and manuscript assessment. And the team provides the two runners-ups a round of comprehensive edits and assessment of a short story or novella-length work. Further details will be announced on finalization of the final selection.
You can submit up to 1,000 words flash fiction, up to 3,500 words short fiction, and novellas between 15,000 to 30,000 words. Email your work saved as a .doc file to nerinedorman@gmail.com before the deadline. Please put “BLOODY PARCHMENT 2016” in the subject line. In the body of your email, please give your real name, pen name, nationality and word count.
Do not send fan fiction with the serial numbers filed off, Christian inspirational fiction, chick literature or poems.
For more information, email editor Nerine Dorman at nerinedorman@gmail.com.